FRANCES BARRY introduced the winsome Duckie in her eye-popping concept-book debut, DUCKIE'S RAINBOW, and continued her character's adventures in the novelty book DUCKIE'S DUCKLINGS. She says, "The starting point for Duckie's Spalsh was the pop-up ending; then I worked backwards.In the small board book format, I was able to zoom in on Duckie's world. I enjoyed being able to include so many new animal characters. It's the first time I remember ever having drawn or made an otter or a kingfisher." Frances Barry has worked as a designer of greeting cards and stationary and has painted several public and private murals. She lives in London.